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Michael Brantley (shoulder) is slated to resume swinging a bat in late December.

Brantley had a lost 2016 season following a pair of shoulder surgeries, but the hope is that he's ready for the beginning of spring training. Still, he has to be considered a major question mark heading into 2017. Dec 5 - 5:58 PM

It's a procedural move that restores his 40-man roster status. Brantley had a lost 2016 season following a pair of shoulder surgeries, but the hope is that he's ready for spring training. Nov 7 - 4:11 PM

Brantley is coming off a lost season and had a second shoulder surgery in August. There were reports in September about him possibly getting a late start to next season, but for now the Indians expect him to be 100 percent heading into spring training. Of course, they expected to have him for most of 2016, too. He's a big health question mark. Nov 4 - 3:27 PM

The Indians have shot down a report from Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports that Michael Brantley (shoulder) could miss "significant time" next season.

Heyman's report said that Brantley's rehab from a second right shoulder surgery could drag past Opening Day next year, but the Indians don't think that will be the case. "Our expectation is that he'll be ready for spring training," said president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti. "We were told after the second surgery that the timeline (for recovery) would be four to five months. As far as I know, nothing has changed." There's no reason to doubt the Indians' belief that Brantley will be ready to go for Opening Day, but the reality is there's a lot up in the air with him given how this year went. Sep 29 - 4:58 PM

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Michael Brantley (shoulder) is slated to resume swinging a bat in late December.

Brantley had a lost 2016 season following a pair of shoulder surgeries, but the hope is that he's ready for the beginning of spring training. Still, he has to be considered a major question mark heading into 2017.

Cody Anderson underwent an arthroscopic debridement of his right elbow on Wednesday.

Anderson is expected to begin throwing in eight weeks and should be fine for the start of spring training next February, though he'll face an uphill battle for an Opening Day roster spot after registering a rough 6.68 ERA and 1.62 WHIP across 60 2/3 innings (nine starts, 10 relief appearances) for the Indians in 2016. Maybe the elbow was to blame.